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Umin

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Dec 30, 2009, 5:42:33 AM12/30/09
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Hi,

"Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; it) Presto/2.2.15 Version/10.10"
(the HTTP user agent of my Opera 10.10)

why 9.80?

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Peter Krefting

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Dec 30, 2009, 6:31:06 AM12/30/09
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Umin <ataru...@yahoo.it>:

> "Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; it) Presto/2.2.15 Version/10.10" (the
> HTTP user agent of my Opera 10.10)
>
> why 9.80?

Because faulty browser detection on web sites would see "Opera/10.00" as
version 1, blocking it as too old.

http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2009/05/27/snapshot-build-with-preview-of-the-new-skin
and http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/opera-ua-string-changes/ has the
details.

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\\// Peter Krefting - Core Technology Developer, Opera Software ASA

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